Les Tokar

is a technology nut and Founder of The SSD Review. His early work includes the first consumer SSD review along with MS Vista, Win 7 and SSD Optimization Guides. Les is fortunate to, not only evaluate and provide opinion on consumer and enterprise solid state storage but also, travel the world in search of new technologies and great friendships. Google+

Phison has received alot of credit as of late for their newest Gen 4×4 release of their PS5016-E16 controller. It was the first to hit retail sales and we have posted reviews on both the Corsair MP600 and Seagate Firecuda 520, both SSDs using this controller and hitting unheard of data transfer speeds of up to 5GB/s. Both of these …

Wehave been in the game a longtime. Things seem to cycle. I remember years ago when we were at FMS and SMI entered the scene with their newest SSD controller and we pushed for release. It was much the same with Phison and I can remember speaking to them at one point and saying they were great at showing upcoming …

The name KIOXIO is very new to some. Mark my words; this will change. The name is a combination of the Japanese word… Kioku (Memory) and the Greek word ‘Axia’ which means ‘value’. As unfamiliar as you may be with the name, I would bet that you own something with KIOXIA memory in it. Maybe its a cell phone, automobile …

CES hasn’t even started yet and storage seems front and central once again as we saw first hand with an unexpected visit to Western Digital/SanDisk last night at Pepcom. Check this out. It is a 8TB palm sized portable SSD that is USB-C and will transfer data…lots of data… above 1GB/s easily. It is an early prototype but this is …

Whats probably the most amusing, and most unusual characteristic in our review of our second PCIe 4.0 SSD today is the fact that the only way you are going to be running these kind of SSD speeds anytime soon is with an AMD system. It’s not often that we ever catch Intel with its pants down but, at least in …

So… We know that anything but an SSD has to be damn (Can I say that?) credible for us to post on The SSD Review now don’t we? Truth be told, we haven’t posted a chassis review since way back in 2012 and it would be rare as heck to find me doing such a review. After all, we have …

Last week in Zhongshan, China, Lexar invited a very small group of international press for a special preview of just a few of their upcoming releases. This event was held at the Longsys/Lexar/Foressee Headquarters which also houses the Lexar Memory Museum. To say that this facility is breathtaking is just a bit of an understatement as it is situated in …

USB 3.2 Gen 2 with Type-C has become the norm as of late and more systems these days are being sold with USB-C or Thunderbolt included. Simply put, this means faster transfer speeds between your system and external storage, this storage being bus powered and not requiring a separate adapter and cable to power the device. ADATA has recently released …

Crucial has introduced a new product to the SSD fold as of late, this being the Crucial X8 Portable SSD. This SSD is available in 500 and 1TB capacities and is a USB 3.2 Gen 2 (Type-C) external SSD that contains Crucial’s most recent M.2 release, the P1 NVMe M.2 SSD. Specifications list this SSD as being capable of transfer …

Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C portable SSDs have become mainstream as of late, the typical value product having a JMicron controller that provides data transfer speeds up to 1GB/s read and write. This is sufficient for the typical consumer but media professionals demand faster data transfer speeds….and higher capacity. The sweet spot for Thunderbolt 3 is 2.8GB/s and that is as …